| Description |
1 online resource (lix, 345 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. International law -- 3. European law -- 4. France -- 5. United Kingdom -- 6. Germany -- 7. Comparative analysis, conclusion and outlook |
| Summary |
Intellectual property rights, conventionally seen as quite distinct, are increasingly overlapping with one another. There are several reasons for this: the expansion of IPRs beyond their traditional borders, the creation of new IPRs especially at EU level, the exploitation of gaps in the law by shrewd lawyers, and the use of unfair competition as an alternative when IPRs are either not available at all or expired. The convergence of several IPRs on the same subject-matter poses problems. As they are normally envisaged as water-tight categories, there are very few rules which cater for the sort |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intellectual property -- Europe
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Conflict of laws -- Intellectual property -- Europe
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LAW -- Conflict of Laws.
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Conflict of laws -- Intellectual property
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Intellectual property
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leistner, Matthias
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| ISBN |
9781847316516 |
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1847316514 |
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